Cork-extractor.



lNo. 871,006. PATENTED NOV. l2, 1907.

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CORK EXTRACTOR. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 23. 1907.

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ROBERT O. TOAN, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907'.

Application filed January 23.1907. Serial No. 353.675.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT O. ToAN, a citizenlol the United States oiAmerica, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State oiMichigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cork-Extractors,ol': which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cork' extractors, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a simple, cheap and eiective device of this nature bywhich cork Stoppers may be readily and conveniently extracted from thenecks oi' bottles without liability ol' injury to the corks.

In the accompanying drawing,-Figure l is a view in elevation ot a corkextractor embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section ol thesaine.

Referring to the drawings7 my improved cork extractor comprises a handlel, which may be ot spherical form, as shown, or oi' any other approvedform. From the underside of the handle l projects anvextracting blade 2,which blade is preferably oi elliptical form in cross section, andterminates in sharpened side edges 3. The lower end' ot' the bladetapers to provide an intro ducing point 4, at the juncture ol which withthe body of the shank are arranged oppositely disposed, laterallyprojecting lugs or shoulders 5, which extend beyond the adjacent orlower ends ol' the sharpened side edges 3.

In the use oli the device, the point 4 is introduced between one ot' thesides oi the cork and the adjacent side of the bottle and the blade 2forced downwardly between the cork and bottle neck until the shoulders 5come below the lower end of the cork. The device may then be movedaround between the neck and cork concentric with the axis ol' the neckso that the sharpened side edges 3 will separate the cork from the neck,thus freeing any cork which may happen to stick fast, and may, as aconsequence, be difticult to extract. The device is then given a partialturn so that one or the other ol the shoulders 5 will project under thecork, whereupon, by drawing outwardly on the extractor, the cork may bepulled out ol the neck. By the described Construction of the extractor,penetration or breaking of the cork will be avoided and in consequenceno portions o the cork will be separated therel'rom to drop into thebottle.

Having thus described the as new, is:-

A cork extractor comprising` n blade of elliptical forni in crosssection presentingl opposite convex faces and having iis lower endtapered correspondingly from opposite sides to provide nn introducingypoint, said blade being of uniform width above said introducing pointand provided with opposite parallel unbroken or continuous, longitudinalsharpened edges extending to the introducing point, laici'- allvextending shoulders i'ornicd upon ille sides ol' the blade at thejuncture oi' the introducing' point with the lower ends of the sharpenededges, and extending outward beyond said point and edges, and :i handlent the upper end of the blade.

In testimony whereof, j or' two witnesses.

invention, what is claimed I nlix my signature in presence ROBERT O.TOAN.

Witnesses:

linno .T. HALL, OnAH BELLE CASE.

